Life Events

Unit 15 ASL II

Vocabulary words to know BORN ENTER RESIDENTIAL

SCHOOL GROW-UP GRADUATE TRANSFER GO-UP-IN-YEARS FALL-IN-LOVE DATING/GO-STEADY MARRIED

More words… HIRED/JOB OFFER MOVE ACCIDENT ALONE RETIRE SETTLE DOWN DIE LAID-OFF FIRE PREGNANT

And then some more… COLLEGE PRINCIPAL WEDDING PROMOTED LOST ECONOMIC

DEPRESSION RELIGION GOVERNMENT/POLITICS EDUCATION WAR

EARTHQUAKE FLOOD PERSECTUION (PICK ON) PERSECUTION

(OPPRESSION) PERSECUTION

(SLAVERY) LIE CREATE BETTER SOLDIER CALLED TO KILL

Time Signs SINCE UP TILL NOW EVER SINCE BEFORE AFTER TIME PASSING

BUILDING BLOCKS Purpose: To practice giving instructions

using descriptive and locative classifiers, and to work on signer’s perspective.

Work with partners (the one in front of you/behind you).

Tell your partner how you want to build your blocks by just using classifiers (describing them and locating them).

Transitions between Events Pauses: Head is lowered, signing is

paused, then raise head to signal the beginning of the next event.

When Clauses: Always at beginning, includes raised eyebrows and a head tilt Tell someone’s age (When I was four, I started

Kindergarten) Mention another event (right after graduation, I

got married) Tell the year the event occurred (in 1985, he

passed away)

Transition (continued) Time signs indicating a period of

time: “cs” = shortly afterwards “mm” = a while later “open mouth” = a long time later All signed with raised eyebrows

Watch video and see which transition we just discussed.

To tell about life events by year (no clause)

(person) (event) (year)

ME BORN 1977.

ME GRADUATE 1995.

ME MARRIED 2004.

To tell about life events using when clause:

ME (event) [(time sign)] (event)when

ME MARRIED, LATER-ON PREGNANT, BORN GIRL.

ME GRADUATE, TWO-MONTHS GET WORK.

ME WORK, ONE-YEAR LATER, GET PROMOTED.

when

when

when

Describing Ethnic Make-up GENERATION FULL 100% HALF-AND-HALF ONE HALF ________ ONE HALF ________ STRONG LITTLE-BIT MANY

Explaining Family OriginsGrammar

When explaining your family’s origins, first you need to _list_the person(s) you are talking about. (i.e. your mom, dad, grandmother, grandfather, etc…)

Typically, start with your mom and dad. Then you can easily _trace_ back your family history using mom and dad as your _point_ of _reference____.

Family Origin, continued Tell how much of a particular nationality

that person is, remembering to use _closing____ signals. (Think predicate adjective and predicate nominative.)

Remember, when discussing other relatives related to that person, keep the nouns first and then the _adjectives____. (Example: grandmother hers, sister his)

Family Origin, continuedEx:

MeFull

100%Generation from

Country

Points of a Compass:NORTH

WEST

SOUTH

EAST

CONTINENTS AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA ANTARCTICA

Here we go…3, 2, 1…BLAST OFF! COUNTRY AUSTRIA (2 ways) CANADA CHINA CUBA DENMARK (2 ways) EGYPT ENGLAND FINLAND (2 ways) FRANCE

More countries… GERMANY GREECE HOLLAND (2 ways) HONG KONG INDIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL/JEWISH ITALY

What? Did you think that was all? JAPAN KOREA MEXICO (3 ways) NORWAY PHILIPPINES POLAND PUERTO RICO RUSSIA SCOTLAND

It’s a BIG, BIG, BIG World Dude!

SPAIN SWEDEN (2 ways) SWITZERLAND TAIWAN VIETNAM YUGOSLAVIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Numbers 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119

Dates and Addresses You will receive a worksheet. I will identify the event and tell you their

dates or years. You will write them down on the

appropriate lines. In Part IV, you will write the addresses and

zip codes that I sign to you. Don’t forget to put your name on it!